Hull FC boss comments on Sika Manu retirement rumours

Hull FC boss Lee Radford has rubbished the growing rumours Sika Manu is set to retirement from the game due to injury.
The rumour mill has been in overdrive since Manu missed the club's Super League semi-final loss at Wigan Warriors because of a back problem.
Wild suggestions have surfaced and spread like wildfire that Manu will be forced to call time on his career, with one suggestion it was owing to a blood disorder and other due to a muscle wasting disease, with reports the player had already returned home.
Those rumours have been thrown out by coach Radford, who insists the back rower... read more

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